[Qgis-user] QGIS 3.18.0 ​Installer Detected as NirCmd Adware PUA by Antivirus

[Tobias Wendorff]

Hi therem

Am 12.03.2021 um 04:35 schrieb Alyza Eileen Clare B. Villanueva:
> it was detected as *NirCmd Adware PUA* by our Antivirus (Sophos
> Endpoint Security) during the installation process.
This won't help, but let me explain the reason:

This is most likely a false report. The reported tool is operating on 
command line and allows to do some work without user interaction. 
Unfortunately, the tool is also abused by malicious software. That's why 
some antivirus heuristics think: Hey, this tool has seen in many bad 
applications, so it's on a blacklist. Let's freak out and warn.

https://www.nirsoft.net/utils/nircmd.html

@devs Maybe switching to powershell is a solution in such cases?

Best rgards,
Tobias